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Linux nostalgia: What I miss from times past

Linux nostalgia: What I miss from times past

...days, new, obscure distributions were popping up daily. Of course, most were spinoffs of Red Hat, Mandriva, Suse, or Debian. But some really constituted advances... Read more

8 April, 2011 by Jack Wallen

"Microsoft declined requests for comment"; that's your problem right there

Microsoft is fed up of being told it's dead, dying, uncool, undead or whatever other insult you have in mind.... Read more

17 December, 2010
Real Housewives News 1.0.2

Real Housewives News 1.0.2

...Orange County, premiered in March 2006. As the show became increasingly popular, spinoffs in different cities were added. Currently, the Real Housewives has series in... Read more

22 February, 2012

The Day Ahead: Dot-com homecomings

...Toys R Us and the New York Times, were plotting dot-com spinoffs. And then the dot-coms crashed. Now these spinoffs don't look... Read more

25 August, 2000 by Larry Dignan
Nasa's fresh hopes for moon mission

Nasa's fresh hopes for moon mission

...said. Nasa also takes pains to point out its economic influences — jobs, spinoffs and money infused in the country's industrial base. The agency is... Read more

22 July, 2009 by Stephen Shankland

Renamed Philips Semi wins US passport contract

...but privacy advocates claim they could let third parties obtain personal information. Spinoffs have been the rage in the semiconductor world, but NXP is the... Read more

1 September, 2006 by Michael Kanellos

Humans look to robot race

...more than it does robot jeeps -- and in any case these days, spinoffs go from commercial to military rather than vice-versa. It's worth... Read more

10 June, 2003 by Rupert Goodwins

Opera fast-forwards new browser

...quirky capabilities. By contrast, some other browser makers, including Apple and some spinoffs of the Mozilla open-source browser project, are focusing on making stripped... Read more

11 April, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

Intel winding down Xircom subsidiary

...and Trillium Digital Systems. Many of the acquisitions, and subsequent closures and spinoffs, came out of Intel's Communications Group. Despite the pending demise of... Read more

3 February, 2003 by Michael Kanellos

Gas-powered notebooks get lighter

While PC sales slow, notebooks are still a success story. But what will the laptop of the future look like? Read more

19 August, 2002 by Michael Kanellos

Palmisano sheds light on IBM's path

...people in 2002, coming from a combination of natural attrition, layoffs and spinoffs, such as a recently announced plan to spin off of its hard... Read more

17 May, 2002 by John G.Spooner

MP3 fans find a new star

A little Napster, a dash of Gnutella and you've got Audiogalaxy: a new haunt for music fans who want to share MP3 files. But get in while you can - the file-swapping service has already raised eyebrows at the RIAA Read more

15 June, 2001 by Gwendolyn Mariano

3Com lays off 1,200

...its high-end carrier equipment business in December, and recently completed the spinoffs of its Palm and US Robotics businesses. Have your say instantly, and... Read more

27 February, 2001 by Margaret Kane

The machine that wanted to be a mind Pt II

Recreating a sense of self is an infinitely confusing goal Read more

23 January, 2001 by Rupert Goodwins

AT&T eager to exchange control for capital

...the next two years, AT&T plans to sell shares in standalone spinoffs or tracking stocks for AT&T Consumer, AT&T Broadband and AT... Read more

13 December, 2000 by Corey Grice

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Jack Schofield

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J.A. Watson

@apexwm - You are basically right. GIMP is not included in the Fedora 17 base distribution, but it can be installed from the Add/Remove Software...

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Moley

@pjc158 Unfortunately our government signed away any such possibility in a entirely unequal treaty with the USA, purportedly in response to...

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J.A. Watson

@Thomas - Thanks for the tip, based on what you said I went back and downloaded the KDE spin, and installed that one another netbook (NF310). You...

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apexwm

JW, Thanks as always for the great review on these new releases. One thing that I've also read is that Fedora 17 will include GIMP 2.8 which is...

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SoapyTablet

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I've just started using it too, and like you I feel that Fedora is a fine GNOME 3 showcase distribution. I am torn, though, because I checked out...

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pjc158

Why is it that Newzealand has the guts to stand up to the USA and ask to see the evidence and we don't!

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Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

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those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

23 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

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SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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